[GreenKeys] Saw this at the nearfest hamfest
Jim
jim at w1jt.net
Thu May 4 07:56:45 EDT 2023
That sounds great Skip. It's been literally decades since I worked on
these things and I"m afraid that my 72 year old brain isn't quite as
sharp as it used to be. I find that I can't remember how things go
together like I used to.
That's one of the many reasons why I really enjoy being a member of this
group. When I read the mail each day (something I look forward to) I
often draw a blank on what the folks are talking about but sometimes the
old "lightbulb" goes off and I have an "ah ha" moment!
I also know that if I reach out, even with a dumb question that I should
know, that there's always someone who will help with the answer.
So, yeah, let me know if you want to try a contact sometime....it would
be fun.
Thanks for writing back Skip.
73 Jim W1JT
On 5/3/23 21:53, Skip Macaulay wrote:
> Hello Jim, well I am like you and miss the "old days" .. Thats
> probably why I am spending a bunch of time getting my old 28 going and
> eventually want to get on HF to try and
> make a few contacts.. Still working on rebuilding the old demodulator
> and UART circuit then try to get it all hooked up to the old Kenwood
> HF radio..
> I was going to try AFSK as it seems thats the common way now but I
> still dont know how I am going to build that part.. Like I said before
> I might just tear into the old Kenwood 520 and
> do it the old fashioned way again, FSK.. I dont know if we could work
> you all the way over to the Boston area but maybe on 20 meters when
> the band is good etc.. I havent been on HF much
> as I have been concentrating on EME for the last 10 years or so.. So
> the RTTY thing will get me back on there hopefully.. When I get it
> all going I will give out a holler here and see who I can scare up
> for a possible contact... Stay tuned.. Skip
>
> On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 7:16 PM Jim <jim at w1jt.net> wrote:
>
> I too miss my RTTY days. For me it was the 70's and 80's. I've
> had a
> number of machines...28's, 19's, 32's...and one 33. I still have 3
> machines....
>
> Sometimes I sit up around 14.085 +/- and call CQ.....but I generally
> give up after a while. I guess everyone or at least a lot of people
> have gone to the more exotic modes. Full disclosure: I must admit
> that I do enjoy a QSO on Olivia from time to time.....but I miss RTTY.
>
> Wondering....anyone on here want to do a sked? At the moment I'm
> good
> on 20, 17 (does anyone EVER do RTTY on 17?), 15.....my SWR is high
> on 10
> and I've not really been on 12 except for a couple of CW contacts.
>
> Well, if you're thinking it might be fun and you want to give it a
> try....let me know. I'm pretty much retired, got a small
> business that
> takes about 2 hours / day to run so I am pretty flexible on time.
>
> I'm just South of Boston MA.....so if you're interested. Let me
> know.
>
> 73 all
>
> Jim W1JT
>
> On 5/1/23 22:10, Harold Hallikainen via GreenKeys wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, May 1, 2023 7:05 pm, Skip Macaulay wrote:
> >> Hello Russ and thanks for the welcome.. Its been a long time
> since I was
> >> doing anything with RTTY, the introduction of the VIC20 back
> then kind of
> >> finished it off for me.. No body back then wanted to send
> >> a line feed and carriage return ha ha... I wish I had never
> given my 19
> >> away back then but I hung onto my 28 for all these years.. It was
> >> actually
> >> watching Daniel Jones, K6YIC, on Youtube that sparked my
> >> interest in the old machines again.. Everytime I walked by the
> old 28 it
> >> was beckoning me ha ha.. I talked with Daniel and I got brave
> and hooked
> >> it
> >> all up... I was also very surprised when he told me about the ITTY
> >> signals on the internet, that blew me away.. Anyways the old
> gear fired
> >> right up and I was printing news on a very dried up ink
> ribbon.. So I am
> >> reworking a lot of scary circuitry I built 30 years ago and
> hope to get on
> >> HF again.
> >> RTTY was the most fun I have ever had in my ham hobby years.. I
> have
> >> echoed
> >> signals off the moon on all kinds of bands but the hammering of
> the RTTY
> >> machines I still find more fascinating!! Skip
> >>
> > It would be great to see you back on HF RTTY. There are some
> autostart
> > frequencies at https://w6iwi.org/rtty/ that several of us use. I
> am on the
> > 20 meter frequency pretty much all day every day.
> >
> > Harold
> > https://w6iwi.org
> >
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